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Celebrating 40 years serving the greater Springfield community.

The Washington Post Saturday, September 26, 1998

Lee 6, Madison 3
Key Play: Yonathan Moges caught a 53-yard pass
from Sean Dunn to set up Rob Collier's 47-yard
winning field goal with 22 seconds remaining.
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Robert E. Lee (4-0) 0 0 0 6 -- 6
James Madison (0-4) 3 0 0 0 -- 0
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Madison -- FG Sutton 30-yards
Lee -- FG Collier 31-yards
Lee -- FG Collier 47-yards

Roundup
Rob Collier's two field goals in the fourth quarter
provided Lee High School with just enough offense
to win this 3A Liberty contest. It was the eleventh
victory in 13 games for the Lancers (4-0). Madison
went up 3-0 early on, and its defense held Lee
scoreless through the first three periods. However,
Lee's defense did a job of its own by not allowing
Warhawks (0-4) to score again. Collier tied the score
on a 31-yard field goal in the fourth quarter and won
the game on a 47-yard field goal with 22 seconds
remaining. Quarterback Sean Dunn's 53-yard pass
to Yonathan Moges set up the winning kick.

The Washington Post Monday, September 28, 1998

High School Weekend Report

Winning Time:
     In his fourth game as a varsity football layer
senior place kicker Rob Collier made a 47-yard field
goal with 22 seconds left in the fourth quarter to give
Lee of Springfield a 6 - 3 Virginia AAA victory over
Madision. But he did so despite his own coaching staff
-- and maybe with a little help from Madison's.
     Late in the fourth quarter with the score tied at 3,
the Lancers advanced the ball to Madison's 19-yard line.
According to Sean Carey, a Lee assistant coach, the
team called three plays "designed to give us some yards
and set up an easier field goal." Instead, Lee lost 11-yards
on those plays.
     "We wanted to make it easier on Rob, but instead
we made it much harder," said Carey, who helps coach
Lee's offensive unit and kickers. "But before he kicked
the ball, Madison called time trying to freeze him. I think
that fired Rob up and made him even more focused."
     Carey said Collier player soccer for three seasons,
and tried out for foootballthis past summer only at the
urging of his friend Sean Dunn, who is also Lee's
starting quarterback.

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